Cooking utensil.



Nu. 664,3l4. Pia-tented Dec. is, 1900. F. E. conwm.

COOKING UTENSIL.

(Application filed Aug. 17, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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FRANK'E. OORWIN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO A HARRYS. AYRES, OF SAME PLACE.

COOKING UTENVSIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,314, dated December18, 1900.

Application filed August 1'7, 1900. Serial No. 27,120. llio model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, FRANK E. OORWIN, a citizen of the'United States,residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Cooking Utensils; and I declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to cooking utensils, and is more particularlyadapted to that class of f ryin g-pans which are used for cooking eggsor similar articles of food; and its object is to provide a pan in whicheach article being cooked has a receptacle for itself and any two areprevented from running together or uniting in the cooking process. a

It also has such other objects as are hereinafter specified and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the pan. Fig. 2 is across-sectional view on lines 0000. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View,on an enlarged scale, of a portion of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail of a portion of Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the pan, having the ordinaryhandle A. The pan is preferably constructed of sheet metal by stamping,although. it may be made by casting. Surrounding the whole pan is araised ledge B, which has upon opposite sides two lips I) bfor pouring.One of these is shown on an enlarged scale by Fig. 4. The bottom of thepan is flat, with the exception of a circumferential series of shallowdepressions C and a central depression D. These are all shown incross-section in Fig. 2,. the bottom of the depressions O C being flushwith the lower edge B of the rim B, which is preferably made by turningthe outer edge substantially perpendicular to the plane of the pan. Itthus results that in resting upon a flat heating-surface the lower edgeof the rim B, together with the fiat portions of the depressions O 0,rest simultaneously upon the heating-surface. The object of thedepressions O O is to cook each individual article and prevent theirrunning together. In

order to furnish a proper cooking menstruum therefor, I form a centraldepression D, which is preferably about half the depth of thedepressions O O, and I also form channels E E, leading from the centraldepression into the depressions C G. The depressions orchannels E Epreferably do not commence at a level with the bottom of the depressionD, but are slightly above it, as shown in cross-section, Fig. 3.

In operation articles to be cooked may be placed in each ofthedepressions O C, and butter or other cooking menstruum may be placedin the depression D, which in melting will run into the depressions O O,and thus cook each article separately. As the channels E E arepreferably not deep enough to reach quite to the bottom of thedepression D, the transfer of the menstruum from depression D todepressions O O can be governed by slightly tilting the pan. Thecircumferential ledge B retains any overflow, which may be turned offthrough the lips I) b in the ordinary manner.

What I claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a cooking utensilhaving a multiplicity of independent non-connecting circumferentialdepressions of like character, a central depression of less depth thanthe circumferential depressions, and connecting-channels communicate ingbetween the central depression and each of the circumferentialdepressions, substantially as described,

2. In a cooking utensil, the combination and arrangement ofcircumferential separate independent depressions, a central depressionof less depth, a series of channels leading from the central depressionone to each circumferential depression, said channels being deflectedtoward the circumferential depressions and of less depth than thecentral depressions, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK E. OORWIN.

lVitnesses:

CHARLES F. BURTON, ELLIOTT J. STODDARD.

